Live auction - fwo_437335 - LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - ERNEST OF BAVARIA Ernestus 1582 Hasselt
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| Estimate : | 180 € |
| Price : | 92 € |
| Maximum bid : | 93 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 August 2017 18:30:17 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Ernestus
Date: 1582
Mint name / Town : Hasselt
Quantity minted : -
Metal : billon
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un flan irrégulier, bien venu à la frappe. La pièce présente une usure régulière
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : (CROIX) ERNES. BAVAR. DVX. EPS. LEO. DVX. B. CO. LOS..
Obverse description : Écu écartelé, aux 1 et 4 de Palatinat, aux 2 et 3 de Bavière, orné de cuirs, accosté de 1582.
Obverse translation : (Ernest, duc de Bavière, évêque de Liège, duc de Bouillon et comte de Looz).
Reverse
Reverse legend : RODO. - II. ROM - IMP. DE -CRETO.
Reverse description : Croix fleuronnée coupant la légende ; un cercle en cœur cantonné de quatre trèfles et contenant une aigle bicéphale.
Reverse translation : (Rodolphe II, empereur du Saint-Empire par décret).
Historical background
LIEGE - BISHOPRIC OF LIEGE - ERNEST OF BAVARIA
(1581-1612)
The chapter of Liège will choose Ernest of Bavaria in 1581 after the death of his predecessor, Gérard de Groesbeeck. From this episcopate, several foreign princes succeeded one another and most often abandoned the affairs of Liège. Under Ernest of Bavaria, four workshops of the bishopric minted coins: Bouillon, Hasselt, Liège and Maeseyck.
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